Dehradun: On Sunday, Pushkar Singh Dhami, the chief minister of Uttarakhand, and Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan unveiled the National Education Policy 2020 for the academic year 2022–2023. Bal Vatikas were used to introduce the new education policy in basic school in Uttarakhand, the first state in the nation.
The first state in the nation to implement a new primary education strategy using Bal Vatikas was Uttarakhand.
He remarked that initiatives will need to be taken to guarantee that all kids enrol in Bal Vatikas.
According to Pradhan, the new education strategy has been developed with consideration for all facets of human existence.
In addition to schooling, the new strategy has focused on the skill and personality development of children as well as instilling moral values in them, he added.
According to the new educational strategy, children in Bal Vatikas will begin receiving official instruction at age three, and by the time they reach Class 1, they will be six years old.
”We need to start with a target of giving quality education to 40 lakh children in Uttarakhand from infancy to the age of 21-22 years under the new policy,” the Union Minister said.
Dhami said “effective steps” have been taken in a phased manner by the state higher education department for the implementation of the new education policy.
”The new national education policy prepared under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation of a new, strong and self-reliant India,” Dhami said.
National Education Policy 2020 has been announced on 29.07.2020. The National Education Policy 2020 proposes various reforms in school education as well as higher education including technical education. A number of action points/activities for implementation in school education as well as higher education are mentioned in the National Education Policy 2020. Details of the salient features of NEP 2020 are as follows-
13. Setting up of State School Standards Authority (SSSA);
14. Exposure of vocational education in school and higher education system;
16. Holistic and Multidisciplinary Education with multiple entry/exit options;
(xix) Setting up of Multidisciplinary Education and Research Universities (MERUs);
21. ‘Light but Tight’ regulation;
NEP, 2020 aim to increase the GER to 100% in preschool to secondary level by 2030 whereas GER in Higher Education including vocational education from 26.3% (2018) to 50% by 2035.
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